Do you befriend your coworkers?

[dallas]

i dont. but one of my coworker said she treat me like a friend.
i dont believe in friendship in workplace

[Candyy]

Originally posted by Holding These Alligators Down:

Making friends as an adult is hard bruh.

My dad makes friends easy at his age so I disagree, not coworkers btw...

[Candyy]

Originally posted by dallas:

i dont. but one of my coworker said she treat me like a friend.
i dont believe in friendship in workplace

I personally do not, also that I know friends who had bad experiences with making friends on work... Even my dad gave me that advice too...

I wished it was easy to just make friends on the job, but most companies do not have such enviroment to make it easy 🤷‍♀️

[Punished Rusty Shackleford]

I was really friendly with my co-workers and I would see them more than my normal friends/family and since I left that company, i only talk to them when I'm looking for a reference or a job lead.

[Makete Kate]

Never mix work life with personal life

[Soft Wumbo]

is your girl/boy friend your coworker ?

[Angel]

I do.

We go out and party together. I even dated some after we left the workplace in the past.

[White Knight]

It occurs to me that I overlooked a massive factor earlier. Talking about "friendships" doesn't really cut it.
In all of my workplace experiences over the years, I met lovers at the office. I don't mean one-night stands either, but big, life changing capital L love. Of course, there's the awkward things that happen at drunken Christmas parties too, but that's another story.

If I wasn't open to making friends at work, I would have missed out on the greatest loves of my life.

[His Majesty's strawberry cart]

theres this one guy who tells me i;m fired everytime i run into him, ngl kinda like him

[KingSimpson369]

The company I work for doesn't permit co-workers to befriend each other.
Which doesn't bother me

[Violeta]

When I worked places for a boss, I would if i liked the guys there. I'd even start crushing on guys.

[Morkonan]

Originally posted by xDDD:

Kind of.

Coworkers are a particular type of friend. You can't trust them with everything and they aren't like your childhood friends, but they are worthy friends in their own right.

^-- This.

I extend "co-worker friendship" when someone is receptive, but I wouldn't normally mix off-hours activity/recreation/"friendship" with that. It would be strictly 9-to-5 with a few potential exceptions, here and there. (I'm retired now, but similar situations can still exist.)

Note: The further down the chain a co-worker is, the less I would engage with co-worker "friendship." It's fine for the most part in casual contact and in close conditions, but one has to maintain a certain level of distance in a professional setting. It's nothing "personal," just the way it is... /shrug

Note 2: Of upmost importance, one does not poop where one eats. No "relationships" in the immediate workplace. (Those in large organizations might pursue such with those outside of their own chain.)

[Candyy]

Originally posted by ;4843148393997902398:

Originally posted by Triple Double:

Never mix work life with personal life

why?

You do not want anybody from work to know anything about you, they can use it against you on their advantage in some way or another 🤔

Unfortunately, this is not like school where you can just socialize with no too much worries... 🤷‍♀️

[Fosty]

I'm just there for the health insurance and a little bit of money.

[Nerd Gamer Buddy]

yes

[HermitTheToad]

Depends. Worked a job where I lived with my coworkers for 2 months as part of the job, in a situation like that you kind of have no choice but to know the people around you. In normal circumstances no.